ORLANDO, Fla. — The tradition of Penn State’s senior football players being carried off the field by their younger teammates after the final practice of the season continued Monday under sunny skies at Celebration High School.

Linebacker Jarvis Miller and safety Garrett Taylor hoisted senior linebacker Koa Farmer. Redshirt freshman Sean Clifford and former quarterback Jake Zembiec helped carry off Trace McSorley while the rest of the team looked on. It was a fitting send-off for a group that carried Penn State this far after committing at a time when NCAA scholarship limitations were meant to keep the program down for years.

“This senior class, I think, is going to go down as one of the most successful senior classes in the Big Ten era,” head coach James Franklin said. “I think you’ve got to look at it in perspective of when they came to Penn State in a very challenging time. And then I think a lot of those guys obviously there’s a tremendous...